Role Summary/Purpose:

TheAVP, Solution Architectis responsible for leading solution design and applying core architecture principles to deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable systems. This role owns the architecture and technical direction for one or more applications or services and provides day-to-day leadership forone to two Agile teams.

The AVP, Solution Architect brings a balanced blend oftechnical depth and business acumen, partnering with business stakeholders to shape the product vision, prioritize initiatives, and ensure outcomes align to business value. The role collaborates closely withEnterprise Architectsto develop end-to-end solution approaches, ensure alignment with enterprise standards, and contribute to strategic technology direction.

This leaderowns key technical decisions, evaluates impacts across systems and teams, and drives delivery of high-quality solutions through effective governance, coaching, and hands-on engagement. The role promotes an inclusive, high-performing team culture and ensures consistent execution of Agile practices.

A deep understanding ofbusiness processesis essential to create a cohesive product vision and translate requirements into pragmatic, effective designs. Strong communication, stakeholder management, and process skills are required to explain complex technical concepts clearly and enable teams to make informed decisions.

Essential Responsibilities:

Design and integrate solutions:Architect, build, and integrate information systems that meet defined business needs, including the selection and integration of appropriate software, hardware, and services for internal and/or external clients. Lead delivery through the SDLC:Organize and guide the overall development effort across the SDLC. Translate product and architecture vision into actionable technical direction, providing hands-on guidance to designers and developers to build the prescribed solution. Make technology and architecture decisions:Evaluate and select the most suitable technologies for each problem, balancing architectural standards, delivery timelines, cost, risk, and business outcomes. Drive solution architecture focus areas:

• Apply technology to solve business problems and deliver measurable value.

• Define the target framework, platform, and technology stack for the solution.

• Design the application27s structure and user experience, including components, interfaces, and interaction patterns.

• Ensure scalability, reliability, maintainability, and supportability for future growth.

• Assess third-party frameworks/platforms, documenting benefits, limitations, risks, and mitigation strategies.

• Ensure engineering quality and integration:Oversee programming, integration, and testing across software systems and associated devices/services, ensuring end-to-end quality, security, and performance.

• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Education & Experience:Bachelor27s degree with7+ yearsof experience in one or more IT disciplines, or in lieu of a degree,High School Diploma/GEDwith9+ yearsof professional application development experience.

• Full-Stack Engineering:7+ yearsof full-stack development experience usingSpringand otherJava/JEEtechnologies, includingAPIs,microservices, micro frontends, and modernUI frameworks/technologies.

• Architecture & Design:5+ yearsof experience inapplication architecture and design, with strong command of relevantdesign patterns,processes, andtools.

• Ability and flexibility to travel for business as required

Desired Characteristics:

• Strong working knowledge of thefintech landscape, with a focus onconsumer financing products and processes.

• Proven, hands-on experience designing and deliveringservice-oriented architectures (SOA)and distributed systems.

• Demonstrated expertise working inAgiledelivery models (e.g., Scrum/Kanban) and leading teams through iterative delivery.

• Strongcritical thinking, problem-solving, and creativesolutioning skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and trade-offs.

• Experience withdependency/build managementtools such asMavenorGradle.

• Experience working withCI/CDand continuous integration environments such asJenkins.

• Hands-on experiencebuilding, deploying, and operating applications in the cloud(e.g., AWS/Azure/GCP), including automation and monitoring considerations. Experience creating and maintainingAPI contractsusingOpenAPI/Swaggerspecifications.

• Working knowledge ofAPI gatewaysand API management concepts (e.g., routing, security, throttling, analytics).

• Expertise inmobile solution architecture, includingnative mobileandmobile webexperiences, with an understanding of performance, security, and UX considerations.

Grade/Level: 11

The salary range for this position is 115,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD Annual and is eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance.

Actual compensation offered within the posted salary range will be based upon work experience, skill level or knowledge.

Salaries are adjusted according to market in CA, NY Metro and Seattle.

Our Way of Working:

We27re proud to offer you flexibility. At Synchrony, our way of working allows you to have the option to work from home near one of our Hubs or come into one of our offices.You will be required to commute to your nearestHub (either virtual or physical) for in-person engagement activities such as regularbusiness or team meetings, training and culture events.

*Field Sales and some Commercial team roles may have varied location requirements based upon partner obligations or preferences.

Eligibility Requirements:

• You must be 18 years or older

• You must have a high school diploma or equivalent

• You must be willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation and submit fingerprints as part of the onboarding process

• You must be able to satisfy the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

• New hires (Level 4-7) must have 9 months of continuous service with the company before they are eligible to post on other roles. Once this new hire time in position requirement is met, the associate will have a minimum 6 months27 time in position before they can post for future non-exempt roles. Employees, level 8 or greater, must have at least 18 months27 time in position before they can post. All internal employees must consistently meet performance expectations and have approval from your manager to post (or the approval of your manager and HR if you don27t meet the time in position or performance expectations).

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